A Mixed-Methods Evaluation to Inform the Hawaiʻi Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan

• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21050565
• Publication Date: 2024-05-01T14:33:31Z
• Authors: Saikaew Dudla; Tarin T. Tanji; Jeanelle Sugimoto...; Jane J. Chung-Do; Eric Agluba; Tricia Khun; Shivani Trivedi; Deborah Goebert
• Keywords: Suicide Prevention; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Surveys and Questionnaires; Humans; COVID-19; Article; Hawaii

The Prevent Suicide Hawaiʻi Taskforce is a state, public, and private partnership of individuals, organizations, community groups that leads statewide suicide prevention efforts in Hawaiʻi. purpose this evaluation was to identify the progress barriers inform upcoming 2025 Prevention Strategic Plan following areas: Hope, Help, Heal, Research Evaluation, Policy Advocacy. Utilizing sequential exploratory mixed-methods approach, 18 key informants were interviewed, followed by 13-question survey sent member listserv. Results analyzed using qualitative coding techniques descriptive statistics. Interview findings contained six themes: importance relationships, interconnection efforts, diversifying training, organizational challenges, adaptations COVID-19 pandemic, funding challenges. Of 34 respondents, most involved area Hope (91%). respondents reported with (87%), important address Help (41%). majority (82%) characterized level communication as Excellent or Good. data corroborated each other revealed new insights about successes their implementing Plan. Recommendations included advocating for long-term building relationships.